News and Events News & EventsAll NewsIn the MediaEventsPress ReleasesFeatured Videos Members of the Vassar community are always making news! Find the latest media mentions of alums, students, faculty, and other employees right here. In the Media “The Women Who Saved Wildflowers,” an article in Sierra magazine, highlights the work of pioneering ecologist and Vassar botany professor Edith Roberts in the 1920s. Maria Hantzopoulos, Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, and her students’ work at Poughkeepsie High School was the subject of a Hudson Valley Press story. JAMA published a study co-authored by President Elizabeth H. Bradley comparing cancer-related spending and mortality rates in the U.S. vs. other high-income countries. Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, NAACP-LDF President and Director-Counsel Emeritus, was recently honored with the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award, as noted by Essence. The New Yorker noted the death of attorney Urvashi Vaid ’79, calling her “the most prolific L.G.B.T.Q. organizer in history.” U.S. Senate confirms economist Philip Jefferson ’83 to the Federal Reserve Board, as noted by CNBC and many other media outlets. Astrophysics PhD student credits others for influential support Professor and author Ada Ferrer ’84 wins the Pulitzer Prize in history. Emmy Award winner Jessi Klein ’97, former head writer of Inside Amy Schumer and a lead voice on the Netflix series Big Mouth, discusses her new book of essays about motherhood on NPR’s Fresh Air. View More Items
“The Women Who Saved Wildflowers,” an article in Sierra magazine, highlights the work of pioneering ecologist and Vassar botany professor Edith Roberts in the 1920s.
Maria Hantzopoulos, Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, and her students’ work at Poughkeepsie High School was the subject of a Hudson Valley Press story.
JAMA published a study co-authored by President Elizabeth H. Bradley comparing cancer-related spending and mortality rates in the U.S. vs. other high-income countries.
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, NAACP-LDF President and Director-Counsel Emeritus, was recently honored with the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award, as noted by Essence.
The New Yorker noted the death of attorney Urvashi Vaid ’79, calling her “the most prolific L.G.B.T.Q. organizer in history.”
U.S. Senate confirms economist Philip Jefferson ’83 to the Federal Reserve Board, as noted by CNBC and many other media outlets.
Emmy Award winner Jessi Klein ’97, former head writer of Inside Amy Schumer and a lead voice on the Netflix series Big Mouth, discusses her new book of essays about motherhood on NPR’s Fresh Air.
